Unidentified Tandon Card

[ChrisCwmbran]

This card is in my collection. It says it is made by Tandon, and calls itself a "385 Memory Board".

I have no idea what type of system it's for or why I have one.

Does anyone know please?

 

[Chuck(G)]

It's a 32-bit memory expansion card for a Tandon 386/33 PC, circa 1989. ISTR that Tandon used the tagline "All the speed you will ever need".

 

[Krille]

It's a Micronics M500 memory board. I have one too and found this post by Terry Yager when searching for info about it a few years ago.

An image of my board:


Not sure what to do with it. Can the memory chips be used in something else like an Intel Aboveboard (or other EMS cards)?

 

[Chuck(G)]

Same system--Tandon used the Micronics MB in their later machines. I've got a similar card in a Micronics 386/20 board. All of the system memory is on it--a whopping 13MB.

I don't know if Tandon made anything past a 386.